Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Philip W. Foster (of Great Neck, New York) between 1925 and 1950; donated to MAI by Mrs. Philip W. Foster in 1962.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Collector
- Philip W. Foster (P. W. Foster), Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Philip W. Foster (P. W. Foster), Non-Indian
- Donor
- Mrs. Philip W. Foster, Non-Indian
- Date created
- 6000 BC–AD 1600 (Middle Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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